Conveyer-form.



C. A. SWANSON.

CONVEYER FORM.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. I3. 1916.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

burrs ear CHARLES A. SWANSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CONVEYER-FORM.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. SWANsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyor- Forms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in conveyer forms, and has for its object the provision of a form of this character arranged to facilitate the attachment of slats to conveyer belts or aprons,

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view, with portions broken away, illustrating a form embodying my invention, as in use,

Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3, a transverse section of the same taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings, comprises a rectangular frame composed of side bars 4 and end bars 5, there being also an intermediate longitudinal reinforcing bar 6, as indicated. The bars a and 6 are made of angle irons, as indicated, and bars 5 are made of channel irons, said bars being bolted together, as indicated, to make a rectangular supporting frame. A holding member 7 is bolted across one end of the supporting frame and is provided with upstanding pins 8 adapted to engage perforations in the end of a conveyer belt or apron 9, as indicated. Another holding member 10 is arranged across said supporting frame and is adjustably secured thereon by means of bolts 11 passing through perforations 12 provided in the horizontal legs of angle irons 4. Holding member 10 is provided with hooks 13 adapted to secure the opposite end of the belt or apron 9. Transverse bars 14 and 14 are adjustably secured on the supporting frame by means of bolts 11 taking through perforations 12 and Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 12, 191%..

Application filed October 13, 1916.

Serial No. 125,492.

channel irons 15 are secured on holding member 10 and bars 14: and 14 as shown, said channel members being arranged to re ceive slats 16.

In use, the conveyer belt or apron 9 is secured and stretched on the frame, as indicated, and the slats 16 positioned in the channels 15 and secured to said belt. This constitutes a simple and efficient means for properly positioning and securing said slats on a conveyer belt or apron.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;

1. A construction of the class described comprising a frame having perforated side members; a holding member at one end of said frame provided with upstanding beltsecuring members; a holding member arranged on said frame and adjustably secured thereto by means of bolts passing through the perforations in said side members; hooks on said adjustable holding member; and transverse channel members adjustably secured on said frame intermediate said hold ing members, substantially as described.

2. A construction of the class described comprising an adjustable rectangular frame arranged to hold a belt in extended form, means at the ends of said frame for holding a belt, and transverse positioning members adjustably mounted on said frame and adapted to position slats with reference to said belt, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. SWANSON.

\Vitnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. POTTS, HELEN F. LILLIS.

Qopies or this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratenta.

Washington, D. G. 

